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Bush reacts to the Iraq Study Report

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Friday, December 8, 2006

When introducing the Iraq Study Group Report to a Senate Committee, former Secretary of State James Baker emphasized that all the 79 recommendations in the report complemented each other and had to be taken together. This was not a “fruit salad” from which one could pick and choose. Despite this, President Bush is giving indications that he is going to do just that. While agreeing that the Report had some good points to make, he said that he had also asked the Pentagon, the State Department and other government agencies to reflect on the Iraq situation and report their conclusions to him.

The report proposes progressive changes to the role of the troops deployed in Iraq, from combat to the training of Iraqi forces and the withdrawal of all combat troops by early 2008, depending on local conditions. The President made it clear that matters concerning the deployment of troops were for the military to determine. A change of strategy is expected to be announced within the next few weeks.

Bush has said that he will not talk with Syria or Iran unless they meet certain conditions. Syria would have to “stop destabilizing” the government of the Lebanon. Iran must “verifiably suspend their nuclear enrichment program.” In declaring these conditions, Bush and Tony Blair, prime movers in the invasion of Iraq, are in agreement.

Tony Blair reflected that the report’s recommendations that settling the Arab/Israeli disputes in the area should be given priority. He has said that the key to solving the problems in Iraq, Lebanon, and elsewhere lay in settling the two-state disputes in Palestine. He announced that he would be visiting the region shortly. He would bring his experience in Northern Ireland to bear on the problem, indicating that persistence was needed to achieve reconciliation. President Bush said he supported this initiative.

Meanwhile, Israel’s Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, flatly rejected the notion that there was any connection between the problems in Palestine and the situation in Iraq. He stated that the time may not be right for Israel to be negotiating with Syria and he reiterated Israel’s absolute opposition to Iran’s development of nuclear weapons. Robert Gates, the new candidate US Secretary of Defense, asserted that Iran is surrounded by nuclear powers, including Israel. Shimon Peres, Israel’s deputy prime minister, refused to affirm or deny whether Israel had a nuclear weapons capability, saying that such uncertainty was a defense in itself.

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25

Mobile For Financial Services

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Smartphones have secured a strong place in our lives. It is unbelievable to see how things have become just a fingertip away. More than 20% of online adults are active mobile banking users. For banks, mobilizing their services gets them higher customer satisfaction. It also offers them with a great opportunity to try and interest customers into additional services and promotions.

Here are some more additional ways to use mobile to attract and keep customers, drive revenue and reduce costs, and outperform the competition.

Empowers persuasive selling

This enables the sales advisor to show clients and customers the benefits of products/services, instead of just talking about them. For instance, A wealth manager, can use it to explore different investment options making changes on the spot to demonstrate the impact on five- and 10-year projections. This helps clients, as they can use this information in the moment to make investment decisions they ll be happy with in the long term

Expedites employee training

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Tablets help in training employees. It provides instant access and guided training to the employees wherever they happen to be. This expedites the training process and teaches new hires about products and processes faster, they ll be more productive sooner.

Personal attention

Consider the possibilities with self-service portals optimized for smartphones and tablets. For example, an app to find the nearest ATM. Or when they need personal attention at the time of a financial or health emergency, for example, customers want to know they can connect with an advisor or agent right away for information and support on their behalf. Mobile makes it possible for them to send a text, get an instant response and then have it followed up in minutes with a personal call.

Explore new opportunities for business

Look at creating mobile apps that generate interest and goodwill by providing useful information at no cost. Consider putting tablets into stores, office lobbies, libraries and loading them with information about products and services for customers to see.

Mobile service innovation

Look ahead of current trends and develop ideas to innovate the mobile solutions.Payment processors are teaming up with retailers on mobile digital wallets that allow people to pay for purchases with a swipe of their smartphones. Also, a relatively new deposit check feature that enables you to make a check deposit by taking a picture of the check with your smart-phone.

Right tools in the field

Be sure people have the tools they need to do their jobs, wherever they happen to be. That s absolutely necessary in financial services companies, where many people are often just as likely to work away from the office as in it. For example: An insurance claims adjuster can use a mobile solution to complete and file a claim for damages at an accident site including providing detailed notes and photos.

A wealth manager working with a client in their home can access the entire client s current portfolio information for planning purposes.

Track company performance

Get insights into business performance by capturing and tracking data, applying analytics and then making the results easily accessible through mobile dashboards and tracking tools. Sales team leaders can use this approach to set specific targets, measure team and individual progress against them and send out personalized notifications and alerts. It s also an attractive approach for financial advisors or insurance agents who operate independent practices. They can quickly view key metrics, diagnose performance and adjust accordingly.

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25

Sweden’s Crown Princess marries long-time boyfriend

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Sweden’s first royal wedding since 1976 took place Saturday when Crown Princess Victoria, 32, married her long-time boyfriend and former personal trainer, Daniel Westling, 36. The ceremony took place at Stockholm Cathedral.

Over 1,200 guests, including many rulers, politicians, royals and other dignitaries from across the world, attended the wedding, which cost an estimated 20 million Swedish kronor. Victoria wore a wedding dress with five-metre long train designed by Pär Engsheden. She wore the same crown that her mother, Queen Silvia, wore on her wedding day 34 years previously, also on June 19. Victoria’s father, King Carl XVI Gustaf, walked Victoria down the aisle, which was deemed untraditional by many. In Sweden, the bride and groom usually walk down the aisle together, emphasising the country’s views on equality. Victoria met with Daniel half-way to the altar, where they exchanged brief kisses, and, to the sounds of the wedding march, made their way to the the silver altar. She was followed by ten bridesmaids. The couple both had tears in their eyes as they said their vows, and apart from fumbling when they exchanged rings, the ceremony went smoothly.

Following the ceremony, the couple headed a fast-paced procession through central Stockholm on a horse-drawn carriage, flanked by police and security. Up to 500,000 people are thought to have lined the streets. They then boarded the Vasaorden, the same royal barge Victoria’s parents used in their wedding, and traveled through Stockholm’s waters, accompanied by flyover of 18 fighter jets near the end of the procession. A wedding banquet followed in the in the Hall of State of the Royal Palace.

Controversy has surrounded the engagement and wedding between the Crown Princess and Westling, a “commoner”. Victoria met Westling as she was recovering from bulemia in 2002. He owned a chain of gymnasiums and was brought in to help bring Victoria back to full health. Westling was raised in a middle-class family in Ockelbo, in central Sweden. His father managed a social services centre, and his mother worked in a post office. When the relationship was made public, Westling was mocked as an outsider and the king was reportedly horrified at the thought of his daughter marrying a “commoner”, even though he did so when he married Silvia. Last year, Westling underwent transplant surgery for a congenital kidney disorder. The Swedish public have been assured that he will be able to have children and that his illness will not be passed on to his offspring.

Westling underwent years of training to prepare for his new role in the royal family, including lessons in etiquette, elocution, and multi-lingual small talk; and a makeover that saw his hair being cropped short, and his plain-looking glasses and clothes being replaced by designer-wear.

Upon marrying the Crown Princess, Westling took his wife’s ducal title and is granted the style “His Royal Highness”. He is now known as HRH Prince Daniel, Duke of Västergötland. He also has his own coat-of-arms and monogram. When Victoria assumes the throne and becomes Queen, Daniel will not become King, but assume a supportive role, similar to that of Prince Phillip, the husband of the United Kingdom’s Queen Elizabeth II.

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Earth Day 2009 celebrated around the globe

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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Today is the 39th observance of Earth Day in the northern hemisphere. Earth day is celebrated in Autumn on November 30 in the southern hemisphere. Senator Gaylord Nelson initiated the first Earth Day in April 1970 in the United States, and it is now celebrated by over 1 billion people in over 170 countries worldwide. Earth Day is the biggest environmental event which addresses issues and educates people on environmental awareness on a global scale.

This year, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) will beam high-definition images to the NASA website and television. By doing so, NASA hopes to increase appreciation of global climate issues. There will also be a Washington exhibit relating to environmental issues viewed from space as well.

At the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center activities will focus on their slogan for Earth Day 2009, “Just One Drop … PRICELESS” and will demonstrate how the Environmental Control Life Support System operates as used on the International Space Staton (ISS).

Amongst the many festivals, WorldFest is a solar powered music celebration held in Los Angeles, California. Buenos Aires will also feature its second Earth Day event featuring a music festival as well.

“We are in a new era of energy innovation,” said Daniel Yergin at a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) forum. Lithium-ion batteries are providing electric storage solutions for electric cars such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Dodge Circuit EV. Algae fuel is a new form of biofuel, but is still under development.

“Energy Smackdown” was a competitive household activity which compared energy usage between 60 separate households across three cities in or near Boston. The various competitors came up with a variety of innovative methods to cut their carbon footprint, installing solar electric panels, geothermal heat pumps, wind turbines, and using a caulking gun to seal the home from drafts.

“In the average home, 75 percent of the electricity used to power home electronics is consumed while the products are turned off.” is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) estimate.

Miami is installing a smart grid which will use individual household smart meters to allow energy consumers know via a web site, their exact home energy usage. “To me these are prudent and smart investments that will easily pay for themselves. It will show the nation how to address environmental, energy, and economic challenges all at the same time.” said Miami mayor Manny Diaz.

Cal Dooley, CEO of the American Chemistry Council ACC, says the plastic bag industry is prepared to spend US$50 million to revamp their manufacturing facilities and will collect 470 million pounds of recycled plastic every year to make plastic bags of 40% recycled content. The ACC is providing a donation to the Keep America Beautiful environmental organisation, both of whom endorse this new project. The Earth Day Network (EDN) and Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) would like to see an end to the use of plastic bags, however. “We don’t want people to use disposable bags. We want people to use reusable bags,” says Darby Hoover of the NRDC.

Calgary researchers will begin field surveys to help save the “Northern Leopard Frog (Rana Pipiens). “Northern Leopard Frogs are threatened in Alberta, but endangered in British Columbia,” said Dr. Des Smith, Primary Investigator and Research Scientist with the Calgary Zoo’s Centre for Conservation Research. “It is essential to develop new monitoring techniques for Northern Leopard” said Breana McKnight, Field Team Leader and Endangered Species Researcher.

The traditional Earth day ceremony of planting trees is garnering further attention in Japan as Koichi Nakatani, the nation’s Tree Planting Father travels from Hokkaido to Okinawa.

Students can take part in an Earth Day photo contest sponsored by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies which will feature images and scientific student research for the environmental change depicted in each photo submitted.

“Earth Day should be about teaching about the environment every day,” said Sean Mille director of education for EDN, “We emphasize taking action for your classroom, school, district or community.” 25,000 schools across America made use of the environmental curriculum developed by the National Civic Education Project, the Green Schools Campaign and the Educator’s Network. Lesson plans are broad and varied and may focus on water pollution, recycling, composting, using chemistry to convert cafeteria left-overs into biodiesel or ethanol fuel or converting go-carts to operate on biodiesel or ethanol fuels in shop class.

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25

Hitachi French Door Refrigerators The Best Refrigerators To Keep Safe Food Stuff For Long Time

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Hitachi is a multinational company. It is well-known for manufacturing high quality and reliable electronic products. Hitachi French door refrigerators are very famous among the refrigerators users. This refrigerator is available with Big, Super-Moisture Vegetable Compartment. Generally the most of the Hitachi French door refrigerator has two doors on the top half and freezers compartment in the bottom half. It is available in many attractive design and feature.

The French door refrigerator allows users to store huge amount of vegetable and other products in its compartment. This refrigerator keeps safe every type of food material like pastries, orange juice, ice cream and including water. If you want to keep safe food material for long time then the Hitachi French door refrigerators are best for you.

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Some important features of Hitachi French door fridge are like it has Smart, One-Touch Operation Control Panel, 2-way Humidity Controller, Water Dispenser with Light, and the most important feature of this fridge is that it is CFC Free, apart from this it has also some other features like this refrigerator comes with child lock facility, It has a bigger freezing part at the bottom. The freezing part allows you to store bigger components in it like trays etc. This refrigerator is considered as a power saver because it does not consume high electricity. So, by using Hitachi French door fridge you can keep safe all food stuffs for long time as well as it also decrease your electricity bills. If you are looking for online reviews on Hitachi French door fridge then check out the online reviews on particular fridge.

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Ontario Votes 2007: Interview with Green Party candidate Torbjorn Zetterlund, Willowdale

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Saturday, October 6, 2007

Torbjorn Zetterlund is running for the Green Party of Ontario in the Ontario provincial election, in the Willowdale riding. Wikinews’ Nick Moreau interviewed him regarding his values, his experience, and his campaign.

Stay tuned for further interviews; every candidate from every party is eligible, and will be contacted. Expect interviews from Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party members, Ontario Greens, as well as members from the Family Coalition, Freedom, Communist, Libertarian, and Confederation of Regions parties, as well as independents.

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Wikinews Shorts: November 13, 2008

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A compilation of brief news reports for Thursday, November 13, 2008.

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A new study has found that people storing extra fat around their waist have a strongly increased chance of early death, even if their overall weight is average. The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine today, found that for each addition 5 cm on the waist, the chance of early death is increased by between 13% and 17%.

In the study, 360,000 people from across nine countries in Europe were surveyed.

One of the study’s authors, Professor Elio Riboli of Imperial College London, commented on the findings. “We were surprised to see the waist size having such a powerful effect on people’s health and premature death,” he stated.

Sources

  • “‘Love handles’ raise death risk” — BBC News Online, November 13, 2008
  • Ian Sample. “Waist, not just weight, shows risk of premature death, study says” — The Guardian, November 13, 2008
  • Tobias Pischon et al. “Abstract: General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe” — New England Journal of Medicine, November 13, 2008

The European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, has today lifted its ban on unusually shaped fruits and vegetables, in what the EU’s agriculture commissioner has called “a new dawn for the curvy cucumber and the knobbly carrot”.

The regulation has previously been criticized as an example of the EU’s bureaucracy by critics of the organisation.

The products affected by the deregulation are apricots, artichokes, asparagus, aubergines, avocadoes, beans, Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflowers, cherries, courgettes, cucumbers, cultivated mushrooms, garlic, hazelnuts in shell, headed cabbage, leeks, melons, onions, peas, plums, ribbed celery, spinach, walnuts in shell, water melons and witloof/chicory.

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  • “EU slices up ‘ugly fruit’ rules” — BBC News Online, November 13, 2008
  • “Europe Relaxes Rules on Sale of Ugly Fruits and Vegetables” — New York Times, November 13, 2008

A vase purchased at a car boot sale for £1 has sold for £32,450, following advice from experts on the BBC‘s Antiques Roadshow television program. The vase was sold in an auction at Christie’s.

The vase was found to be a 1929 work made by the French designer Rene Lalique.

Sources

  • “Car boot sale vase nets £32,450” — BBC News Online, November 13, 2008
  • “£32,449 profit for car boot sale vase by Lalique” — Times Online, November 13, 2008

Recent anonymous press briefings by US State Department officials indicated that its arms control division may punish Blackwater Worldwide for improper paperwork.

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has the power to fine or agree voluntary penalties with exporters of certain weapons, who do not follow correct procedures. Blackwater Worldwide, a private military company, exported automatic weapons to Iraq that became the subject of a federal investigation first disclosed in 2007.Concern was expressed by the unnamed officials that paperwork errors may make the weapons untraceable, and that some reached Iraq’s black market.

Sources

  • “Blackwater Faces Millions in Fines for Weapons Shipments (radio show transcript)” — Democracy Now!, November 13, 2008
  • Knight Ridder / McClatchy Newspapers. “Blackwater faces Fines over Arms Deal” — Military.com, November 13, 2008
  • Dan Friedman, Congress Daily. “Blackwater could face sanctions for improper arms shipments” — Government Executive, November 7, 2008

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Us India Tax Preparation

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US India tax Preparation

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The United States of America is a federal republic with autonomous state and local governments. Taxes therefore are levied in US at each level and comprise taxes on property, income, sales, payrolls, imports, estates, gifts and other fees. Taxes are levied on an individuals net income and corporations by the federal, majority state and some local governments. Residents are thus on taxed on worldwide income and are allowed a credit for foreign taxes.

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Hence, if you are an American and is presently located elsewhere, such as India and want to clear of taxes then it is best that you seek professional help. Eminent services dealing in corporate tax preparation solutions help you with their varied service portfolio such as US India tax. These companies have trained professionals with desired education, knowledge and experience to cater to both individuals and business houses to pay their taxes in US. They offer a wide range of services from simple tax filling of current income and expenses to advanced tax planning in near future. This includes estate and gift tax planning and reporting as well.Corporate tax preparation

solution providers manage their level of services depending in their clients need and involvement. Services that they offer include:-

Early Tax Planning (ETPS) Foreign Bank Account Reporting (FBAR) IRS/ State Forms Efficient tax planning is an essential factor for financial success in business and also for individuals. WithUS India tax

preparation solutions you are able to reduce your tax bill. At the same time, Financial/Tax planning service assists businesses to expand by estimating the taxes properly. Clients are can also receive suggestions on how to plan their finance in the optimum way.

The tax regulations remain the same everywhere, irrespective of the size of the corporate taxpayer. The difference lies in the capacity of large scale business firms to leverage the legal technicalities and interpretations to their advantage. Contrary to this, the small scale firms simply adhere to the tax rules and regulations. With efficient corporate tax planning solutions small scale business firms that manage their operations in the best way to have a low tax bill. Regardless of our like or dislike, tax laws these days are a little complex. This means filing a relatively simple return can appear tricky. It is simple to overlook credits and deductions to which you entitled. Even if you are resorting to a computer software program, an experienced tax professional is beneficial the most. The reason for this is that you can have customized solutions to your tax planning queries. Going by a study that was released by the US Governments General Accounting Office lately, majority of taxpayers 77% of 71 million taxpayers) trust the services offered by a professional tax preparer.

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